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James McRae (rugby Union)
James McRae (born 27 June 1987) is an Australian former representative rower. He is a national champion, world champion, three time Olympian, Olympic medallist and record holder. In the Australian men's quad scull he won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Early life McRae grew up in Murray Bridge South Australia and attended Murray Bridge Primary school and Unity College, Murray Bridge. He commenced a B. Mech Eng at the University of Adelaide in 2007. McRae's siblings Jessica and Anna are Australian rowers who've held South Australian Sports Institute scholarships and won Australian titles. Anna McRae has also competed internationally for Australia. Club and state rowing McRae rows from the Murray Bridge Rowing Club. He is a South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) Scholarship holder and was coached by Adrian David a Romanian former international oarsman. For nine consecutive years from 2008 to 2016 McCrae was seated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteith, South Australia
Monteith is a rural locality inside a bend on the east (left) bank of the Murray River downstream (south) of Murray Bridge on the other bank. It is governed by the Rural City of Murray Bridge. The dominant industry is dairy farming on the flats near the river and other farming further away from the river. Many of the farms are long and narrow along Bells Road, with irrigated land on the river side and elevated land on the other side of the road, including a dairy and farm house. The locality of Monteith is traversed by the Princes Highway and bounded by the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line. The eastern end of the Swanport Bridge is at the northwestern corner of the locality. The town of Monteith was surveyed in 1909, and formally named by Governor Day Bosanquet Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, (22 March 1843 – 28 June 1923) was a British politician and senior officer in the Royal Navy. He served as the Governor of South Australia from 18 February 1909 until 22 March 1914. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian David
Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water". The Adria was until the 8th century BC the main channel of the Po River into the Adriatic Sea but ceased to exist before the 1st century BC. Hecataeus of Miletus (c.550 – c.476 BC) asserted that both the Etruscan harbor city of Adria and the Adriatic Sea had been named after it. Emperor Hadrian's family was named after the city or region of Adria/Hadria, now Atri, in Picenum, which most likely started as an Etruscan or Greek colony of the older harbor city of the same name. Several saints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adrian IV, and the only Dutch pope, Adrian VI. As an English name, it has been in use since the Middle Ages, although it did not become common until modern times. Religion * Pope Adrian I (c. 700–795) * Pope Adrian II (792â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |